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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-from
Language:
Guyanais
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
Examples
i fika annan oun trou
i
he
fika
is
annan
in
oun
a
trou
hole
He is in a hole.
i ka tiré li annan trou-a
i
she
ka
prog
tiré
pull
li
her
annan
in
trou-a
hole-
art
She pulls her out of the hole.
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